asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give an assurance that the Bill allowing experiments throughout the United Kingdom to deal with rural transport problems will be introduced during the current Session.

As I said in my statement on 3rd December 1975—[Vol. 901, c. 613–4.]—the Bill to provide for some relaxation of licensing, within the areas of the three or four experimental schemes we intend to promote in England, Scotland and Wales, will be introduced when an opportunity presents itself.